KASHMIR, ORIGINAL BOX DATED 1867

The process of production of impressive shawls like this in Kashmiri workshops is depicted on a series of exceptional paintings attributed to Bishan Singh and recently sold as part of the Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan collection in these Rooms, 28 October 2025, lots 63-70 (see pp.184-7 of that catalogue for a detailed history of the Kashmiri shawl, and the French interest, and Lévi-Strauss, Cachemires, Paris, 1986). For related shawls produced for the French market and in their original boxes sold in these Rooms, see 27 April 2012, lot 572 and 5 April 2011, lot 255.